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Poland to close Russian consulate in Poznan, citing alleged sabotage attempts

22 Oct 2024

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland is shutting down the Russian consulate in the western city of Poznan due to suspected Russian attempts at sabotage, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Tuesday. Moscow said it would retaliate against the decision, Russia’s state-run RIA news agency reported. Poland says its role as a hub for the transport of military …

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Rome and Milan took most of the heat as Italy’s cities sweltered, data shows

22 Oct 2024

ROME (Reuters) – Rome and Milan bore the brunt of rising temperatures as Italy’s largest cities endured the warmest weather in more than 50 years in 2022, statistics agency Istat said on Tuesday, in its contribution to mounting evidence of climate change. Istat said it was releasing 2022 numbers only on Tuesday because they had …

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Ireland seeks to limit trade with Israeli settlements in occupied territories

22 Oct 2024

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s government is seeking to introduce a bill restricting trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories after it said a UN court decision freed Dublin to make trade decisions independently of the European Union. The Occupied Territories Bill was first tabled in 2018 by an independent lawmaker and despite receiving …

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Argentina prosecutor: Liam Payne lab reports ongoing, results needed to release body

22 Oct 2024

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentina prosecutor said on Tuesday that toxicological and other laboratory reports into the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne were not yet completed, with the results needed to release the body to his family. Payne, 31, who shot to global fame with the X Factor boy band, died …

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Georgia’s shark-owning billionaire tells voters: Don’t risk war with Russia

22 Oct 2024

By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia’s saviour. Russia’s stooge. Philanthropist. Oligarch. Bidzina Ivanishvili has been called all these things, and more. The billionaire, Georgia’s richest person and the founder of its ruling party, is seldom seen in public and, of late, almost exclusively behind bulletproof glass. Yet his presence looms large over this small European …

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Austrian president tasks centre-right, not far right, with forming govt

22 Oct 2024

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Tuesday tasked Chancellor Karl Nehammer, leader of the conservative People’s Party, with forming a government over the objections of the far-right Freedom Party, which won last month’s general election. The eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPO) came out top in the election on …

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At least 63 killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon in last day, says Lebanese government

22 Oct 2024

CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 63 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon over the last day, bringing the total death toll to 2,530, the Lebanese government said on Tuesday. It also said that more than 11,800 people had been wounded by Israeli strikes on Lebanon since October 2023. (Reporting by Maya Gebeily, Writing …

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Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia call for funding to fight illegal migration

22 Oct 2024

KOMARNO, Slovakia (Reuters) -The leaders of Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia on Tuesday affirmed their efforts to curb illegal migration into the European Union, adding that protecting the bloc’s external borders was the best defence and more EU funds were needed. The number of illegal crossings through the western Balkans fell 79% year-on-year to just under …

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